Ambitious carbon targets, cap and trade regulations, Net Zero Carbon buildings – the past year has seen considerable movement around the carbon landscape in Ontario. The province and key organizations have worked hard to revitalize efforts to set and achieve greenhouse gas emissions target. What’s the impact of these regulations on the building sector and how can organizations collaborate to drive a low carbon agenda?

Net Zero buildings are important to reducing carbon emissions – but they also offer multiple benefits – including increased social equity local job creation and improved health. How can these multiple benefits be planned for, and communicated to the public for greater support and adoption in public policy?

Canadian and Ontario businesses and researchers are producing world leading low-carbon technologies. How are these emerging technologies impacting carbon reductions, and improving the built environment for Ontarians and what barriers do these technology face in scaling up?

What is the current state of Ontario’s building stock, and what are the tools and strategies needed to achieve ambitious low carbon building targets and regulations? What are the barriers to low carbon investments, and how can we overcome them?

Session 5: Designing the Future
3:00pm – 4:00pm

Join our interactive conversation to review insights from the day, and developed a series of recommendations for a roadmap to a low-carbon building sector.